diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 1e7da9a33..a8694b75c 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 		  new_chain
 		  new_manual_chain
 		  ensure_manual_chain
-		  newlogchain
 		  log_rule_limit
 		  dont_optimize
 		  dont_delete
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 0fe855ac0..f95bb5b97 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ sub add_common_rules() {
 	my $smurfdest;
 
 	if ( defined $config{SMURF_LOG_LEVEL} && $config{SMURF_LOG_LEVEL} ne '' ) {
-	    my $smurfref = new_chain( 'filter', $smurfdest = newlogchain );
+	    my $smurfref = new_chain( 'filter', $smurfdest = 'smurflog' );
 	    
 	    log_rule_limit( $config{SMURF_LOG_LEVEL},
 			    $smurfref,